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The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a new low frequency radio telescope operating on the Square Kilometre Array site in Western Australia. MWA is generating tens of terabytes of data daily. The size of the required data storage has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-09 Vyacheslav V. Kitaeff

Plane wave imaging (PWI) with angular compounding has gained in popularity over recent years because it provides high frame rates and good image properties. However, most linear arrays used in clinical practice have a pitch that is equal to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-08 Zhengchang Kou , Rita J. Miller , Michael L. Oelze

Calibration of instrumental polarization is critical for measuring polarized radio emissions from astrophysical sources to extract the magnetic field information in astrophysical, heliospheric, and terrestrial plasmas. At meter wavelengths,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-08 Devojyoti Kansabanik , Angelos Vourlidas , Soham Dey , Surajit Mondal , Divya Oberoi

With the severe spectrum shortage in conventional cellular bands, millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies between 30 and 300 GHz have been attracting growing attention as a possible candidate for next-generation micro- and picocellular wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-04-29 Mustafa Riza Akdeniz , Yuanpeng Liu , Sundeep Rangan , Elza Erkip

A spectral line image cube generated from 115 minutes of MWA data that covers a field of view of 400 sq. deg. around the Galactic Centre is used to perform the first Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) with the Murchison…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 S. J. Tingay , C. Tremblay , A. Walsh , R. Urquhart

Polarimetric studies of pulsars at low radio frequencies provide important observational insights into the pulsar emission mechanism and beam models, and probe the properties of the magneto-ionic interstellar medium (ISM). Aperture arrays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Mengyao Xue , S. M. Ord , S. E. Tremblay , N. D. R. Bhat , C. Sobey , B. W. Meyers , S. J. McSweeney , N. A. Swainston

Diffuse, non-thermal emission in galaxy clusters is increasingly being detected in low-frequency radio surveys and images. We present a new diffuse, steep-spectrum, non-thermal radio source within the cluster Abell 1127 found in survey data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-31 Stefan W. Duchesne , Melanie Johnston-Hollitt , Zhenghao Zhu , Randall B. Wayth , Jack L. B. Line

The ambitious scientific goals of SKA require a matching capability for calibration of instrumental and atmospheric propagation contributions as functions of time, frequency and position. The development of novel calibration algorithms to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-01 María J. Rioja , Richard Dodson

We present LOFAR High-Band Array (HBA) observations of the Herschel-ATLAS North Galactic Pole survey area. The survey we have carried out, consisting of four pointings covering around 142 square degrees of sky in the frequency range…

In order to cope with the large path-loss exponent of mm-Wave channels, a high beamforming gain is needed. This can be achieved with small hardware complexity and high hardware power efficiency by Hybrid Digital-Analog (HDA) beamforming,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-10 Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

LWA1 is a new radio telescope operating in the frequency range 10-88 MHz, located in central New Mexico. The telescope consists of 258 pairs of dipole-type antennas whose outputs are individually digitized and formed into beams.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. W. Ellingson , G. B. Taylor , J. Craig , J. Hartman , J. Dowell , C. N. Wolfe , T. E. Clarke , B. C. Hicks , N. E. Kassim , P. S. Ray , L. J. Rickard , F. K. Schinzel , K. W. Weiler

We describe a new low-frequency wideband radio survey of the southern sky. Observations covering 72 - 231 MHz and Declinations south of $+30^\circ$ have been performed with the Murchison Widefield Array "extended" Phase II configuration…

We present the design and characterization of waveguide grating devices that couple visible-wavelength light at $\lambda=674$ nm from single-mode, high index-contrast dielectric waveguides to free-space beams forming micron-scale…

Optics · Physics 2017-05-19 Karan K. Mehta , Rajeev J. Ram

The Sun has remained a difficult source to image for radio telescopes, especially at the low radio frequencies. Its morphologically complex emission features span a large range of angular scales, emission mechanisms involved and brightness…

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems use directional beams to support high-rate data communications. Small misalignment between the transmit and receive beams (e.g., due to the mobility) can result in significant drop of the received signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-02-13 Dalin Zhu , Junil Choi , Qian Cheng , Weimin Xiao , Robert W. Heath

Measurement of the power spectrum of high redshift 21 cm emission from neutral hydrogen probes the formation of the first luminous objects and the ionization of intergalactic medium by the first stars. However, the 21 cm signal at these…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-13 Katherine Elder , Daniel C. Jacobs , Maria Kovaleva

Millimeter-wave (MMW) imaging is emerging as a promising technique for safe security inspection. It achieves a delicate balance between imaging resolution, penetrability and human safety, resulting in higher resolution compared to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-21 Liheng Bian , Daoyu Li , Shuoguang Wang , Chunyang Teng , Huteng Liu , Hanwen Xu , Xuyang Chang , Guoqiang Zhao , Shiyong Li , Jun Zhang

Multifocal microscopy (MFM) offers high-speed three-dimensional imaging through the simultaneous image capture from multiple focal planes. Conventional MFM systems use a fabricated grating in the emission path for a single emission…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-07-31 M. Junaid Amin , Sabine Petry , Haw Yang , Joshua W. Shaevitz

There has been an increasing interest in the millimeter wave (mmW) frequency regime in the design of next-generation wireless systems. The focus of this work is on understanding mmW channel properties that have an important bearing on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Vasanthan Raghavan , Andrzej Partyka , Lida Akhoondzadehasl , Ali Tassoudji , Ozge Koymen , John Sanelli